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Oculoplastic Ophthalmology Annie Moreau, M.D.

Optometry Angela M. Plant, O.D.

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Optometry Tasha J. Schellenberg, O.D.


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Neuro-Ophthalmology (405) 271-1091 (800) 787-9013 Bradley K. Farris, M.D. Anil D. Patel, M.D.

(405) 271-1094 (800) 787-9016 R. Michael Siatkowski, M.D.

Ocular Prosthetics (405) 271-3391 (800) 787-9012 Nancy A. Lambert, B.C.O.

Oculoplastic Ophthalmology (405) 271-1096 (800) 787-9018 P. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D. Annie Moreau, M.D.

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DMEI clinical directory

Dean McGee eye instituteHome to the Department of Ophthalmology of the university of Oklahoma College of Medicine

DMEI President and CEO Edward L. Gaylord Professor and Chair Department of Ophthalmology University of OklahomaGregory L. skuta, M.D.

DMEI Executive Vice President DMEI Chief Operating Officer Administrator, Department of OphthalmologyMatthew D. Bown

DMEI Vice President Patient Accounts Compliance and Privacy OfficerLoretta Y. Yazdanipanah

DMEI Vice President DevelopmentLana G. ivy, M.B.A.

ControllerKimberly A. Howard

Co-EditorsLana G. ivy, M.B.A.Gregory L. skuta, M.D.

Senior ContributorMelody A. Marcum, M.H.R.

ContributorsNicole M. Glenn Lana G. ivy, M.B.A. Melody A. Marcum, M.H.R.Gregory L. skuta, M.D.

Feature WriterJudy Kelley

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FRONT COVER PHOTO: pictured left to right (front row): michael h. elliott, ph.d., robert e. “gene” Anderson, m.d., ph.d., (back row): gennadiy moiseyev, ph.d., robert A. floyd, ph.d.

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TeAM is ONe! THis OKLAHOMA CiTY THuNDeR sLOGAN ResONATeD well with Oklahomans as they proudly cheered the team’s extraordinary rise to a berth in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals in only its fourth season in our vibrant city.

The concept of team has been inherent in the pioneer spirit of Oklahoma. It also has been critical to the success of the Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI) and its patient care, vision research, and educational programs over the past 37 years. Thanks to the hundreds of “team members” who contributed to our recent Capital Campaign, we were able to complete construction of our new Pavilion and Inasmuch Foundation Atrium as well as renovations of our original building.

This desire to help each other in a spirit of collaboration also translates into the Eye Institute’s and the University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Ophthalmology’s relationships with other departments and colleges at the OU Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and

organizations located in the Oklahoma Health Center. A great amount of vision research is conducted within the laboratories of the Dean McGee Eye Institute, which is why our Department is among the nation’s leaders in National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) funding. However,

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research related to the eye also is underway in the Departments of Cell Biology, Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology, and in the College of Pharmacy. In fact, almost 25% of all of the R01 grants (the most common major NIH grants for individual scientific investigators) awarded on this campus are devoted to vision research, and in 2010, more grants at OUHSC were funded by the National Eye Institute than any other Institute from the NIH.

This culture of collaboration is the focus of this edition of InVision’s feature story. You are invited to learn more about our joint efforts with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center (HHDC), and others. In working with the Diabetes Center, one of our collaborative goals includes the recruitment of world-class researchers committed to better understanding and ultimately eliminating blindness that can result from advanced diabetic retinopathy. Such bold objectives cannot be accomplished in academic silos, but must engage basic scientists and clinicians from across and even beyond this campus working together with vigor, innovation, and imagination.

In reaching beyond OUHSC, Dr. Robert “Gene” Anderson, our Director of Vision Research and one of the premier vision scientists in the world, and other members of our faculty

have established professional and personal relationships that span this continent and the globe with the hope of reducing the risk of visual loss from retinal degenerative disease,

infectious and inflammatory processes in the eye, and other conditions. Every year at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the largest ophthalmic research organization in the world, a gathering hosted by DMEI is attended by numerous other national and international leaders in vision research because these scientists understand and embrace the importance of collaboration.

Although the feature story focuses on vision research, a spirit of collaboration also has been and will continue to be a key element of our educational and clinical culture as we train future leaders and seek better diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and even cures for potentially blinding diseases. With that culture secure and growing, we can hardly wait to discover the wonderful possibilities that lie ahead!

Gregory L. Skuta, M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Dean McGee Eye Institute Edward L. Gaylord Professor and Chair Department of Ophthalmology University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb (right) listens as Matthew D. Bown, DMEI Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, explains the new building construction project.

Those in attendance to visit with Lieutenant Governor Lamb during his May 21 tour included left to right: Matthew D. Bown, DMEI Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cynthia A. Bradford, M.D., Ralph B. Hester III, M.D., Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb, Gregory L. Skuta, M.D., DMEI President & CEO, and Lana G. Ivy, DMEI VP of Development (not pictured).

On March 29, Oklahoma House Representative T.W. Shannon, who is the House Speaker-Designate, took time to tour the Eye Institute. Pictured left to right are: Gregory L. Skuta, M.D., DMEI President & CEO, Representative T.W. Shannon, Dianne Rasmussen, LLC, and Matthew D. Bown, DMEI Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

OKLAHOMA’s LieuTeNANT GOVeRNOR TODD LAMB AND HOuse sPeAKeR–DesiGNATe RePReseNTATiVe T.W. sHANNON

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Melody Marcum, DMEI Director of External Relations and Development, instructs students about various parts of the eye as she dissects a pig’s eye.

Melody Marcum, DMEI Director of External Relations and Development, instructs students about various parts of the eye.

sTuDeNTs AND eDuCATORs FROM ACROss OKLAHOMA TOuR the Eye Institute to learn more about the anatomy of the eye while observing the dissection of a pig’s eye, the various diseases that affect the eye, procedures such as LASIK, the creation and fitting of prosthetic eyes, and the specialized contact lens care provided for patients with complex eye conditions. The tours generally take two hours to complete.

Over the last six months, DMEI has hosted over 172 students and educators from Tri-City

Home Educators, Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rural Health Projects, University of Oklahoma Prospective Students, and East Central University Upward Bound (Ada, Oklahoma). “The completion of the new building has allowed us to resume this service to the public, and we are delighted that interest continues among students and teachers to learn more about us,” says Melody Marcum, DMEI Director of External Relations and Development.

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DMEI LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITEcheck out our new look and changes at

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Elizabeth Zoernig, long–time Executive Assistant to Dean A. McGee, Kerr-McGee Oil, poses by the new sign for the parking facility named in her honor. 5

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DMEI Selects ifa EHR Software

in March, DMei welcomed Oklahoma senator Kim David, Chair of the Senate’s Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (HHS), Senator Sean Burrage, Democratic Floor Leader, and Senator Greg Treat, HHS Subcommittee Vice Chair, for a tour of the Eye Institute. Pictured above in the new DMEI laboratories are: Gregory L. Skuta, M.D., DMEI President & CEO, Senator Kim David, Senator Sean Burrage, Senator Greg Treat and Matthew D. Bown, DMEI Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

LeADeRs, FACuLTY, AND sTAFF of the Dean McGee Eye Institute have selected ifa Systems as their Electronic Health Record (EHR) software after a comprehensive 24-month market analysis. The implementation is being led by P. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D.

“The Board and the entire team at ifa united i-tech are honored by the decision of the Dean McGee Eye Institute to choose ifa Systems as its EMR application,” said Rainer Waedlich, Chairman of ifa Systems AG. “We are committed to the project and will establish, together with the DMEI team, a ‘Center of Excellence’ for Health IT in Ophthalmology.”

The ifa Group of Companies is a professional Health IT provider dedicated to ophthalmology. With more than 10,000 user licenses worldwide, ifa is a leading provider for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems for eye care professionals. The United States represents the most rapidly growing market for Electronic Health Records due to the recent government stimulus incentives.


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fACuLty & StAffAwArDS AnD ACtIvItIES

DR. R. MiCHAeL siATKOWsKi, the James P. Luton Professor, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Residency Program Director in the University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Ophthalmology, was named a recipient of the Regents’ Award for Superior Teaching at this year’s OU Health Sciences Center faculty award presentations in April. The awards were presented by Dr. Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes, current chair of the OU Board of Regents and a member of the family after whom the DMEI’s Rainbolt Family Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus is named.

Dr. Siatkowski has mentored medical students, residents and fellows in the College of Medicine for 13 years. He is a Director of the American Board of Ophthalmology, serves as Vice Chair of the Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology, and received the Edward and Thelma Gaylord Faculty Honor Award in 2001, 2006, 2010, and 2011. Dr. Siatkowski is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society, a leader in the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and active in programs of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Drs. Cynthia Bradford and Bradley Farris, also Professors in the Department of Ophthalmology, received Regents’ Awards for Superior Teaching in 2011.

MARTiN-PAuL AGBAGA, PhD, was promoted to Assistant Professor of Research in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. In 2012, Dr. Agbaga has published a scientific paper in the Journal of Lipid Research.

ROBeRT e. ANDeRsON, MD, PhD, was the recipient of the 2012 Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research in July. See page 11 to learn more. In 2012, Dr. Anderson has published scientific papers in the Journal of Lipid Research, PLOS ONE, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, and Molecular Vision.

MiCHeLLe C. CALLeGAN, PhD, was promoted to Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. In 2012, Dr. Callegan has published scientific papers in the International Journal of Inflammation, Ophthalmology, InTech Open Access, and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

DANieL J.J. CARR, PhD, will serve on the IM (Immunology/Microbiology) section for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s Program Committee for the next three years. In 2012, Dr. Carr has published scientific papers in Mucosal Immunology, Clinical and Developmental Immunology, Journal of Virology, and the Journal of Immunology.


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MiCHAeL H. eLLiOTT, PhD, co-published an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in March, 2012. The publication provides key evidence that caveolin-1 plays a vital role in healthy eye function, especially in the blood-retinal barrier. Additionally, in 2012, Dr. Elliott published a scientific paper in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

CARRi L. FeRGusON, FCLsA, is the current President-Elect of the Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA) and will become President of CLSA in April, 2013.

JeAN R. HAusHeeR, MD, FACs, served as an oral examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology in June, 2012 in San Francisco. She is now the Secretary-Treasurer for the Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology.

RALPH B. HesTeR iii, MD, was promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. He also received the Edward and Thelma Gaylord Faculty Honor Award during the 36th Annual OU Resident & Alumni Meeting held in Oklahoma City in June, 2012.

P. LLOYD HiLDeBRAND, MD, served as a reviewer from June, 2011 to June, 2012 for the Association of American Medical Colleges in partnership with the American Dental Education Association and the MedEdPORTAL® team. He was named to the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Bioscience Association (OKBio) in May, 2012.

MAHMOuD A. KHAiMi, MD, was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. He serves as an Associate Editor for a new glaucoma book, Essentials of Glaucoma Surgery, which was published in June, 2012.

RONALD M. KiNGsLeY, MD, made two presentations, “Intravitreal Injections for Diabetic Macular Edema” and “Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy” at the Sino-American Ophthalmology Congress in Chengdu, China in June, 2012.

NAWAJes A. MANDAL, PhD, was promoted to Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. In 2012, Dr. Mandel published scientific papers in the Journal of Lipid Research, PLOS ONE, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Molecular Vision, and Mucosal Immunology.




sTeVeN R. sARKisiAN, JR., MD, was an Invited Lecturer at the World Ophthalmology Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in February, 2012 to speak about his experience using a collagen matrix to modulate wound healing in glaucoma surgery; served as a moderator at the American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting in New York City in March, 2012; moderated two sessions at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Chicago in April, 2012; and recently published an article about the ExPress Mini Glaucoma Device along with one of DMEI’s past glaucoma fellows in the peer-reviewed journal Developments in Ophthalmology 2012;50:90-5, (E-pub 2012 Apr 17).

ViNAY A. sHAH, MD, was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. His recent publications include: Shah V.A., Brown J.S., Mahmoud T.H., “Correlation of Outer Retinal Microstructure and Foveal Thickness with Visual Acuity after Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Complications of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy,” Retina, May 2012; and Chhablani J., Kaja S., Shah V.A. “Smartphones in Ophthalmology” Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, March-April 2012. He was a moderator and speaker at the ARVO Workshop “Smartphones in Ophthalmology” in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in May, 2012 and was interviewed by Review of Ophthalmology about the new Apple iPad and the pros and cons of its medical applications in April, 2012.

R. MiCHAeL siATKOWsKi, MD, was elected Vice Chair for the Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; appointed Chair of the Maintenance of Certification Committee for the American Board of Ophthalmology; served as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute; spoke at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; received the OU Regents’ Award for Superior Teaching in April, 2012 (see page 7); and co-authored publications in Survey of Ophthalmology and Archives of Ophthalmology.

GReGORY L. sKuTA, MD, was appointed to serve on the Claims Committee and the Finance Committee for the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC); was the featured executive for the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation website in May, 2012; lectured at the SouthEast Eye Regional Meeting in Destin, Florida in July, 2012; will deliver the Raymond Cook Memorial Lecture at the University of Arkansas – Little Rock on November 29, 2012, the Ernst Bodenheimer Lecture at the Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University on December 8, 2012, and the Everett R. Veirs Lecture at Scott and White Clinic/Texas A&M on March 9, 2013; and was recently nominated to serve as President-Elect of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2013 and President in 2014 (more to follow in the next edition of InVision).

ROBeRT G. sMALL, MD, was nominated for the Aesculapian Award by the OU College of Medicine Class of 2012 for Excellence in Teaching by Volunteer Faculty in April, 2012.




DONALD u. sTONe, MD, is now President-Elect of the Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology. Articles recently published or accepted for publication include: Carver A.A., Chen G.W., Stone D.U., “Risk Factors for Graft Dislocation following Descemet’s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty,” Clinical and Surgical Ophthalmology, October/November 2011; Chan A.Y., Storck S.A., Stone D.U., “Ocular Injuries from Shake and Bake Methamphetamine Labs,” Journal of Oklahoma State Medical Association, November 2011; Tlucek P.S., Stone D.U. “Certolizumab Pegol Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Scleritis,” Cornea, January 2012; Chen H., Wu X., Wei M., Eichner J.E., Fan Y., Zhang Z., Lei C., Stone D.U., Yang J., “Changes in the Prevalence of Visual Impairment due to Blinding Trachoma in Sichuan Province, China: A Comparative Study between 1987 and 2006,” Ophthalmic Epidemiology, February 2012; Conrady C., Stone D.U., Zheng M., Carr D.J., “CD8+ T Cells Suppress Viral Replication in the Cornea but Contribute to VEGF-C Induced Lymphatic Vessel Genesis,” Journal of Immunology (in press); Nikpoor N., Butt A.L., Hromas A.R., Stone D.U., “The Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative: Effect on Ophthalmologists’ Documentation of Practice Patterns,” Archives of Ophthalmology (in press); Bromley J.G., Stone D.U., Randleman J.B., Stulting R.D., Grossniklaus H.E.,“Clinicopathologic Findings in Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome and Posterior Polymorphous Membranous Dystrophy after Descemet’s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty,” Cornea (in press); and Adesina O.O., Vickery J.A., Ferguson C.L., Stone D.U., “Stromal Melting associated with a Cosmetic Contact Lens over a Boston Keratoprosthesis: Treatment with a Conjunctival Flap,” Eye and Contact Lens (in press).

JeAN ANN ViCKeRY, FCLsA, received the Ken Swanson Merit Award for her ongoing work within the contact lens industry; co-edited and compiled with Michael Ward, FCLSA, Emory University, a new text entitled Contact Lens Indications, Fitting and Management in a Medical Environment; and received acceptance for publication of a clinical paper in Eye and Contact Lens: Science and Clinical Practice written by Ore-ofe Adesina, MD, Jean Ann Vickery, FCLSA, Carri L. Ferguson, FCLSA and Donald U. Stone, MD.

ANN A. WARN, MD, was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology.

TAMMY L. YANOViTCH, MD, MHsc, was appointed as Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology.

Technologies and Patents issued during FY 2012the university of oklahoma department of ophthalmology produced three disclosures and was issued two patents from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012. Congratulations to the following dmei/ou faculty and research staff involved in these inventions: Martin-Paul Agbaga, PhD, Robert e. Anderson, MD, PhD, Richard s. Brush, stephen R. Fransen, MD, James F. McGinnis, PhD, Nawajes A. Mandal, PhD, and Lily L. Wong, PhD. 10


ROBeRT e. “GeNe” ANDeRsON, MD, PhD has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research. The selection was made by the International Society for Eye Research (ISER), and the award is provided by the Retina Research Foundation. In July 2012, Dr. Anderson presented a lecture and received the award at the ISER Biennial Meeting in Berlin. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology, holds the Dean A. McGee Chair in Ophthalmology, is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor, and serves as Director of Vision Research for the Dean McGee Eye Institute/OU Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Anderson also is a past President of ISER and a past Vice-President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

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Robert E. “Gene” Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. (center) receives the revered 2011 Proctor Medal from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) from John S. Penn, Ph.D. (right), Snyder Professor & Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, and ARVO Trustee representing the Cell Biology Section, along with Joe Hollyfield, Ph.D. (left), Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, at the 2012 ARVO International Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.


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NAWAJes A. MANDAL, PhD, a DMEI research scientist and an Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Ophthalmology, was awarded a $1,850,000 RO1 Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance his research into new therapies for such diseases as retinal and macular degenerations and diabetic retinopathy. The project title for the National Eye Institute (NEI)-sponsored grant is “Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling in the Retina”. The grant provides full funding for the maximum of five years.

ReseARCH TO PReVeNT BLiNDNess (RPB) has awarded a grant of $110,000 to

the Department of Ophthalmology at the OU Health Sciences Center. The research will be directed by Gregory L. Skuta, MD, Edward L. Gaylord Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and President and CEO of the Dean McGee

Dr. Mandal’s special interests include sphingolipid metabolism in the retina, the mechanisms of inherited and light-induced retinal degeneration, and augmentative therapy for age-related macular degeneration using various anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory compounds. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi, India. Dr. Mandal completed his postdoctoral training in the molecular genetics of inherited retinal/macular degeneration from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor before coming to the University of Oklahoma in 2006.

Eye Institute, for the scientific study of retinal degenerations, diabetic eye disease, infections and inflammatory disease, and other conditions that can result in vision loss. RPB is the world’s leading voluntary organization supporting eye research. To date, the organization has awarded grants totaling more than $4.8 million to OU’s Department of Ophthalmology, placing it among the top 10 departments in the nation in cumulative RPB funding.

Gregory L. Skuta, M.D., DMEI President & CEO and glaucoma specialist, examines a patient.

Nawajes A. Mandal, PhD, Awarded NiH ReseARCH PROJeCT GRANT


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DMei Winners AT GRADuATe ReseARCH eDuCATiON AND TeCHNOLOGY (GReAT) sYMPOsiuM

innovator Dr. JaMEs F. McGinnisTHe NATiONAL eYe iNsTiTuTe HAs recognized tthe potential of Oklahoma City research scientist Dr. James F. McGinnis’ work with nanoparticles on eye disease prevention with a $2.3 million grant to bring a final product to market.

He has achieved promising results from testing his Nanoceria nanoparticles in rats and is ready

DR. MARTiN-PAuL AGBAGA, A POsTDOCTORAL FeLLOW, AND sReeMATHi LOGAN, a graduate student, both working in Dr. Robert E. Anderson’s laboratory, were presented awards during the 37th Annual Graduate Research Education and Technology (GREAT) Symposium at the OU Health Sciences Center. Dr. Agbaga, who won Best Postdoctoral Fellow Research and is now an Assistant Professor of Research, will receive a travel award for his research and presentation entitled “Experimental Therapy for Juvenile Autosomal Dominant Macular Dystrophy (STGD3): Allele Specific Silencing of the Mutant ELOVL4 Protein.” The goal of this exciting work is to use molecular biology tools to design gene therapy for treating juvenile blindness by mutations in

to complete preclinical studies in order to place the compound into human clinical trials in the next 18 to 24 months.

The patents and technology for the manufacture and use of Nanoceria have been exclusively licensed to Nantiox Corp., a biotech startup company based in the Presbyterian Health Foundation’s Research Park in Oklahoma City. McGinnis’ research has focused on how nanoparticles can prevent the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the retina as well as reduce already-existing abnormal vessels in age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The ultimate goal is to develop a treatment to protect the health and function of retinal cells and prevent blindness.

the Elongation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids-4 (ELOVL4) gene.

Sreemathi Logan was the recipient of the $1,000 Graduate Student Association Travel Award for a presentation entitled “STGD3 Mutant Suppresses ELOVL4 Enzymatic Activity: Putative Mechanism in STGD3 Pathogenesis.” Her studies have provided important information as to why photoreceptor cells die in this juvenile form of macular degeneration. Understanding the mechanism of cell death is essential for researchers to design drugs to treat these devastating degenerations that rob central vision in children.

Standing left to right: Martin-Paul Agbaga, Ph.D., and Sreemathi Logan, Graduate Student

James F. McGinnis, Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology with the University of Oklahoma’s College of Medicine and Researcher at the Dean McGee Eye Institute.


THe DePARTMeNT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND the Dean McGee Eye Institute welcomed Dr. Stephen C. Pflugfelder as the 33rd Tullos O. Coston Lecturer at the 2012 Annual Dean McGee Eye Institute Ophthalmology Symposium/Resident Alumni

Meeting on June 9 in Oklahoma City. His lecture was entitled “Managing the Effects of Tear Dysfunction and the Cornea.”

Dr. Pflugfelder combines a consultative practice in cornea and ocular surface disease with teaching and translational laboratory research. He is currently Professor of Ophthalmology at the Cullen Eye Institute/Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he holds the James and Margaret Elkins Chair. He earned his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa)

from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and his medical degree (Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society) from the State University of New York–Upstate Medical College in Syracuse. He completed his residency at the Cullen Eye Institute/Baylor College of Medicine, and his fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami, where he then served on the faculty from 1986 to 2000. He accepted his current position in 2000.

36th AnnualrESIDEnt AnD ALuMnI MEEtInG

William Clifford, M.D. (left) presents a bronze replica of a Frederic Remington sculpture to Stephen C. Pflugfelder, M.D. (right) in appreciation of his Tullos O. Coston Lecture.

Enjoying the Acers Society Reception (pictured left to right) are: W. Stanley Muenzler, M.D., Acers Society Committee member, C.P. “Pat” Wilkinson, M.D., 9th Annual Acers Society guest speaker, Matthew Bown, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and William Clifford, M.D., Acers Society Chairman.

John Robinson, M.D., recipient of the 2012 Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology Distinguished Service Award, spoke at lunch during the 36th Annual OU Resident & Alumni Meeting.

Pictured left to right: Nathan Radcliffe, M.D., invited guest speaker from Weill Cornell Medical College, accepts a gift from Steven Sarkisian, Jr., M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Fellowship Director, and Program Chair for the June 9 meeting.


invisions: education

NeW ResiDeNTs & FeLLOWsDEPartMEnt oF oPhthalMoloGy UnivErsity oF oklahoMa

2012-2013

Derek P. bitner, M.D.First-year Residentcollege: University of ArizonaMedical school: Baylor College of Medicine

Jared r. Jackson, M.D. First-year Residentcollege: Brigham Young UniversityMedical school: University of Iowa

Esther y. lee, M.D. First-year Residentcollege: California Institute of TechnologyMedical school: Jefferson Medical College

Jonathan P. Walgama, M.D. First-year Residentcollege: Austin CollegeMedical school: Texas A&M Health Science Center

Congratulations to yasser Elshatory, M.D., Ph.D., PGy-3, who has been awarded an invitation to attend the Heed Foundation Residents’ Retreat this November in Chicago. This retreat is focused on preparing future leaders in academic ophthalmology. Only 50% of qualified applicants are offered an invitation.

Jacob W. brubaker, M.D. Glaucoma Fellowcollege: Brigham Young UniversityMedical school: McGill Universityresidency: University of Missouri—Columbia

adam a. carver, M.D. Retina Fellowcollege: Hendrix CollegeMedical school: University of Arkansasresidency: University of Oklahoma/Dean McGee Eye Institute

annie y. chan, M.D. Cornea Fellowcollege: Stanford UniversityMedical school: University of Texas, San Antonioresidency: University of Oklahoma/Dean McGee Eye Institute

kenneth c. lao, M.D. Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowcollege: Emory UniversityMedical school: University of Alabamaresidency: Hillcrest Medical Center (Family Medicine), Scott & White/Texas A&M (Ophthalmology)

Congratulations to Jacquelyn Jetton, M.D., PGy-4, who was appointed to serve as our Chief Resident for the 2012-2013 academic year.



2012 RePReseNTeD THe TeN-YeAR ANNiVeRsARY OF the collaboration between the Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI), the Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital (SPPH) in the People’s Republic of China. The collaboration has resulted in the establishment of 20 Blindness Prevention Centers in the Sichuan Province, the education of hundreds of ophthalmologists and ophthalmic nurses for community hospitals, and the performance of about 10,000 blindness prevention surgeries each year throughout the Province, which have helped thousands of residents regain their sight. In 2007, SPPH and DMEI formally established the Ophthalmology Resident Training Center, the first eye center in China to adopt a U.S. resident training model. Under the leadership of Dr. Bradley Farris, the center has successfully trained and graduated more than 20 ophthalmology residents in the past five years. The training has significantly elevated the overall standard of patient care in the Sichuan Province. Since 2001, over 35 DMEI senior residents, faculty, and alumni have participated in trips to China.*

Celebrating 10 Years DMei’s iNTeRNATiONAL ReACH

Members of the U.S. delegation celebrating the 10-year anniversary are front row (left to right): (3) Annie Chan, M.D. (PGY-4), (4) Ronald Kingsley, M.D., (5) Bradley Farris, M.D., (6) P. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D., (7) Yun Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Kaiser Permanente, (8) Adam Carver, M.D. (PGY-4), (10) Paul Chen, M.D., Kaiser Permanente. Back Row: (1) Hans Cao, premedical student and son of late Dean McGee Eye Institute researcher Wei Cao, M.D., Ph.D., and current Dean McGee Eye Institute researcher Feng Li, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.

*Source: robert Chen, m.d., yun liu, m.d., ph.d.,

the 10th Anniversary Album for Collaboration

between dmei, u.S.A. and Sichuan Academy of medical Sciences ·

Sichuan provincial people’s hospital, may, 2012.

SAvE tHE DAtEsaturday, June 8, 2013

37th annual DMEi ophthalmology symposium/ oU resident and alumni Meeting

Randall J. Olson, MD - 34th Tullos O. Coston Lecture Samis Education Center, Children’s Hospital • Oklahoma City



Reaching Further—The Global Eye Care Program

swaziland africa

Residents and faculty making their first visit to Swaziland included left to right: Ore-Ofe Adesina, M.D. (PGY-4), Ronald Hobbs, M.D. (PGY-4), Jonathan Pons, M.D., Good Shepherd Eye Clinic, Swaziland, Africa, Bradley Farris, M.D. (DMEI), and P. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D. (DMEI).

BuiLDiNG uPON THe suCCess iN the Sichuan Province of China, a Global Eye Care Program has been established to include Africa as part of DMEI’s international outreach efforts. A component of this program is resident education, and this year, partnering with “The Luke Commission” from a church in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, two senior DMEI residents and two faculty members traveled to Swaziland, Africa, to work with the Good Shepherd Eye Clinic. This clinic is located in the Good Shepherd Hospital near the eastern border of Swaziland. Under the direction of ophthalmologist Dr. Jonathan Pons, the Good Shepherd Eye Clinic works diligently to improve

the quality and quantity of eye care in Swaziland and treat and prevent blindness caused by cataracts and glaucoma.

Monday, October 8, 2012THe 21sT ANNuAL WALTeR J.

sTARK MeMORiAL LeCTuResHiPTullos O. Coston Lecture Hall

Paul sternberg, Jr., MDG.W. Hale Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Director, Vanderbilt Eye Institute; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; President-Elect, American Academy of Ophthalmology

swaziland, Africa



1975 1994 2011

PhilanthroPy UPDatE

GeNeROsiTY HAs eNeRGizeD the programs of the Dean McGee Eye Institute since the 1970s, and planned gifts from many loyal supporters have sustained this momentum for the Dean McGee Eye Institute Foundation. We celebrate and reflect on the many donors, both past and present, who have made the Dean McGee Eye Institute’s remarkable progress possible.

Because of the benevolence of many donors who have made planned gifts through their wills, estates, or trusts, gifts totaling more than

$24 million (including $4.8 million during the past 24 months) have been received through the Dean McGee Eye Institute Foundation since its establishment.

Planned gifts assist the Dean McGee Eye Institute in continuing to thrive even in uncertain economic times and ensure that the excellence achieved at the Eye Institute will continue. We encourage you to consider the Dean McGee Eye institute Foundation in your bequest planning.

PRESERVING THE FUTUREthrough philanthropy


donors

Lana G. Ivy Vice President of Development

Mr. and Mrs. Adnell AcersVelma F. BaumanMrs. Ethel BenedictMs. Sara E. Boswell Charles CaylenConstance and Flora Cline Mary M. ClockAnnette R. Hillman CohenMark A. Coyle Jeanne Lorene Crombie Mrs. Emmett A. DarbyDubert Dennis Alan DworkinDorothy C. EatonEdna C. EdmondsonErnest E. Fellers Mr. O.F. Folmer

E.K. and Inez K. Gaylord E.L. Gaylord Arthur P. Gorman C. Jayne and Thomas P. HopsonRobert D. Hutchinson Myron O. Johnson, Jr.Loris and Pauline Keen Harold J. KleenMs. Jessie D. Kinley Phillip Edward Lamm Ruth I. Lamm Ms. Frances MacSwain Callie Jane Maschal Vernon McArthurLaressa G. McBurneyMs. Lucile B. McCool Durward and Barbara McGalliardMr. and Mrs. Dean A. McGeeI. Margaret MesiteRoberta Eldridge Miller Emma Montgomery Helen Nicholson Nell D. Perkinson Ardath L. PrchalMs. Lela P. Qualls Mrs. Barbara Raven Riddle FamilyMs. Dorothy SavilleA.T.F. Seale

Mr. and Mrs. E. Palmer SheltonMs. Frankie SmithCora SnetcherAlberta Watkins SolowaySophia Stamatis Gladys T. StuardMarvin E. Sullivan F. Barry Tapp F.M. Tarpley Ms. Oressa Teagarden D.R. Thompson Various AnonymousLawrence A. Wagle Agnes M. WeaverAgnes E. Weber Anna Lorry Williams W.P. Wood

Contact Lana G. Ivy, Vice President of Development, at 405-271-7803 or by email at [email protected], or complete the enclosed card and mail to the Development Office.

HOW CAN i MAKe A PLANNeD GiFT?

Recognizing and honoring donors who have helped preserve the future of the Dean McGee Eye Institute by making planned gifts through their wills, estates, or trusts.

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$1,000,000 - $5,000,000Chesapeake Energy CorporationChickasaw NationChoctaw Nation of OklahomaMark A. Coyle EstateDubert Dennis EstateDevon Energy CorporationE. L. and Thelma Gaylord FoundationInasmuch FoundationJ.E. and L.E. Mabee FoundationMr. and Mrs. Aubrey K. McClendonRebecca K. Morgan, M.D.Samuel Roberts Noble FoundationPresbyterian Health FoundationRecords-Johnston Family FoundationState of OklahomaUniversity Hospitals Authority and TrustElizabeth Zoernig

$500,000 - $999,999Mr. and Mrs. G.T. BlankenshipLeslie Rainbolt-Forbes, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. David E. RainboltMr. and Mrs. Gene RainboltMr. and Mrs. Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family FoundationAnne and Henry Zarrow Foundation

$100,000 – $499,999Alcon FoundationAnn Simmons AlspaughAnadarko-Kerr-McGee FoundationChapman Charitable TrustMr. Jack Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Greg KannadyLoris and Pauline Keen Charitable TrustRobert S. and Grayce B. Kerr FoundationKerr FoundationMeinders FoundationOklahoma City Community FoundationOklahoma Gas and Electric Company FoundationOklahoma Health Center FoundationMr. T. Boone PickensSarkeys FoundationMr. and Mrs. William R. Yinger

$50,000 – $99,999Mrs. Nancy Payne Ellis Merrick FoundationI. Margaret Mesite TrustDr. and Mrs. David W. Parke, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Ellis M. SkinnerJeanne Hoffman Smith

$25,000 – $49,999Jimmie and Marie Austin FoundationClements Food FoundationCrawley Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. David B. Dickinson, Jr.Dolese FoundationMr. Richard P. DulaneyMr. Tom Dulaney, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Clyde IngleKirkpatrick Family FundDrs. David and Julie ParkeDonald W. Reynolds FoundationKaren and Mike SamisDr. Gregory and Anne SkutaMr. and Mrs. James R. Tolbert IIIMartha Vose Williams Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999Dr. and Mrs. John R. BozalisDrs. Reagan and Cynthia BradfordDr. and Mrs. William S. CliffordMr. and Mrs. James H. EverestDr. and Mrs. Bradley K. FarrisDr. Stephen and Cindy FransenLuther L. Fry, M.D.Rick D. Isernhagen, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. George W. JamesMr. and Mrs. Michael E. JosephThe Linda Lambert FamilyMcAfee & TaftMr. and Mrs. Malcolm MilstenMr. and Mrs. J. Larry NicholsOxley FoundationDr. Anil and Sonal PatelMr. and Mrs. Bobby RobersonScot A. Sullivan, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Stanton L. YoungMr. and Mrs. Fred H. Zahn

$5,000 – $9,999Mrs. Jackie AcersPaul D. Austin Family FoundationMr. William BellMr. and Mrs. Matthew D. BownRichard G. Chambers, M.D.John B. and Patti ElderErnest E. Fellers TrustMrs. E. L. HardingMr. and Mrs. Dan HoganKimberly A. HowardRonald M. Kingsley, M.D.Mr. George KravisHerb and Pat LeonardMr. and Mrs. Frank A. LookabaughPatricia McGee MainoONEOK FoundationMs. Pam W. Parrish Mr. Dale ProctorMr. James R. RelyeaCharles Morton Share TrustDrs. R. Michael and Rhea SiatkowskiSimmons FoundationDr. and Mrs. C.P. Wilkinson

$1,000 – $4,999Mr. and Mrs. Ray AckermanJames E. Alexander, Ph.D.Lee S. Anderson, M.D.Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. AndersonMargaret A. BarrettMr. and Mrs. J. Edward BarthTerry J. Bergstrom, M.D.Robert S. and Eloise C. Bowers FoundationMr. Ronald E. BradshawRobert D. and Dolores CallDrs. J. Donald and Patricia CapraDr. and Mrs. Daniel J.J. CarrMrs. Frances Herndon ChandlerMrs. John CheekJames Chodosh, M.D., M.P.H.Mr. Boyd A. ChristensenMs. Aileen Ray CowanMr. and Mrs. Cyrus CrumMr. Stanley DeardeuffJames L. Dunagin, Jr., M.D.S. Seshachalam Dutta, Ph.D.

caPital caMPaiGn DonorsWe sincerely appreciate, recognize and honor the many generous patients, friends, corporations, foundations, alumni, faculty and staff who have demonstrated their support of patient care, vision research and education by contributing to the Dean McGee Eye Institute Capital Campaign.

donors


Mr. and Mrs. Joe EllisMr. and Mrs. Roger EmpieRichard and Karen FlesherMs. Miriam FreedmanJohn M. Garber, O.D.Erin Glasgow, M.D. and David

Smith, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Brent GoodenMr. and Mrs. Clayton GoreMr. C. Hubert GraggWilliam D. Hawley, M.D.Dr. and Mrs. George HendersonHeritage Trust CompanyThomas Jay HillBill J. and Helen M. HoganMr. and Mrs. Thomas P. HopsonDavid W. Jackson, M.D.Fred Jones Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. Mahmoud A. KhaimiDr. Ann LacyNancy A. Lambert, B.C.O.Linda Lantrip, D.O.Drs. Theresa Larson and Lyle

StefanichMr. and Mrs. Don J. LeemanDr. and Mrs. Robert E. Leonard IIMr. and Mrs. Richard R. Linn, Jr.William M. Majors III and Nancy

L. MajorsTom and Brenda McDanielDrs. Amalia Miranda and Paul

SilversteinSharon F. NeuwaldPacific Vision FoundationAnca D. Pacuraru, D.O.Dr. A.J. and Elizabeth PhelanEnsa Pillow, M.D.Drs. Santosh and Kiran PrabhuMs. Judith RaulstonMr. Herman RobersonJames F. Ronk, M.D.Sapulpa Lions ClubDr. and Mrs. Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr.Lee E. Schoeffler, M.D.Schwab Fund for Charitable GivingDavid L. Schwartz, M.D.Drs. Kanan V. and Vinay ShahJohn and Kay ShenkMr. and Mrs. Don N. ShermanRichard and Jacquelyn SkutaRobert G. Small, M.D.Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Stark, Jr.Bruce and Dianna Stieber

Jean Ann Vickery, F.C.L.S.A.Vose FoundationDrs. S.M. and Gauri WaingankarHerman and Mary Wegener

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Roger WillardWilliams Companies FoundationMr. John H. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Howard G. WilsonMr. and Mrs. Eman Yazdanipanah

$250 – $999Dr. and Mrs. M. Dewayne AndrewsAssociation of Fundraising

ProfessionalsMs. Charlet L. BarkerMs. Bettie BaseMr. and Mrs. Vernon BentleyBetty A. Bowers, M.D. and Barry

Rockler, M.D.Mr. Bobby G. BoydstonMs. Penny A. BudzienMr. Arthur W. BuswellJane BuswellMrs. Keri J. ButlerMr. Keith E. CamererMr. Jon CarterRobert CassDr. and Mrs. Brian CeresaRichard and Katherine ChamplinDr. Richard A. ClayMr. Robert E. CoalsonMr. and Mrs. John J. Coates, Jr.Ms. Kathryn Ann CollierMs. Sue CollinsMr. and Mrs. John ComptonMs. Kathy CoolahanMr. and Mrs. John CoultisMs. Carolyn Pyle CreppsMs. Marion Brisoe DevoreMr. David M. DiamondMr. Mark DittmarMs. Elaine F. DockrayBob and Kitty DodsonMrs. Frances DowneyMr. and Mrs. Carl EdwardsMr. and Mrs. Walter D. EggersMrs. Janell L. EverestMr. and Mrs. Don FennellCarri L. Ferguson, F.C.L.S.A.Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. FerrettiDr. and Mrs. Fulton W. FiteMr. Clarence Fletcher, Jr.

For the Health of It, Inc.Ms. Eunice FoxMr. Logan D. GatewoodMs. Carla M. GilbertMrs. Connie L. GillMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. GodkinsMr. C. Hubert GraggMr. Horace S. Green, Sr.Ms. Barbara HallMs. Donna J. HallJames and Ann HalliganMr. James L. HenryP. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D.Ms. Jeanine J. HodgesMs. Martha M. HornbeckMr. and Mrs. Donald HubbardFay L. and Blanche HudsonMs. Orieta JacksonDr. Juanita E. JohnsonMr. John F. KeatingMr. Calvin KelleyRichard P. and Barbara L. KerrickLawton Rebekah Lodge #87Feng Li, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.Ms. Jeanine LoganWilliam R. Ray Loney, M.D.Mr. Michael MahaffeyMajors Energy, LLCMelody MarcumMr. Peter W.C. MatherMr. and Mrs. Thomas McCormickDr. and Mrs. James F. McGinnisMr. and Mrs. Dennis McGrathMr. Ronald McKenzieMs. Gail D. MeltznerMr. Dennis C. MillerMaj. Gen. Stanley F.H. NewmanMs. Alva E. OwensMr. Ed L. ParamoreFieldon L. ParhamMr. Melvin H. PerkinsMs. Angie K. PlumleeMr. Gene ReedMr. Ken RentzMr. C. Stanley RipleyMr. and Mrs. Jaime RodriguezGene and Colleen ScottMr. and Mrs. Roy B. ScottMs. Norma SheltmanMr. Herman SiegfriedMs. Vivian S. SmithDr. and Mrs. Donald U. StoneJudge and Mrs. Ralph G. Thompson

Sue and Don TimberlakeMs. Susan TownleyMatthew Traynor, M.D.Mr. Charles E. TroutmanMr. and Mrs. Russell VossMr. and Mrs. George WatkinsMr. Alfred WilburnMr. and Mrs. Ronald D. WilliamsDr. and Mrs. Robert G. WilsonMr. and Mrs. Tom WittyMrs. Fern T. WoodGlenda WoodsideLee Young

$100 – $249Jane Douglas and John R. AdairMr. and Mrs. Vernon L. AdamsMs. Dorothy L. AyersEve T. Bannet, Ph.D.Marcia A. Bennett, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Joe BirdwellMr. Jack W. BloomerHarvey J. Blumenthal, M.D.Mr. Bill BoerstlerGemini J. Bogie, M.D.Mr. Robert D. BonhamJane and Don BownEdward N. Brandt, Jr., M.D.Mr. Dilliard L. BrooksDr. and Mrs. David R. BrownMary E. and Charles K. BrownMr. and Mrs. Orville Donald BrownMr. Tad BurgessMr. and Mrs. Jay Bee BurnerRichard ButlerMrs. Leo M. ButtNorman and Theresa CainMichelle C. Callegan, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. CalonkeyMrs. A.B. CarpenterMrs. Dorothy CarpenterPachneerat Chainakul, M.D.Channing Unitarian Universalist

ChurchMs. Thelma ChillessMs. Robbie Dell ConklingMr. and Mrs. Jackie R. CooperMr. and Mrs. Tommy A. CooperMr. Leonard V. CowanMr. Gordon T. CraftMr. and Mrs. Charles CrewsMr. and Mrs. Ronald CrossMr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Cummings


Dean McGee Eye Institute - Optical and Contact Lens Staff

Mr. and Mrs. Earl DeeseMs. Bee DietzMr. Harry R. DollarhideMs. Georgia EastMr. James A. EmbryMr. and Mrs. Vestal EnisMr. Roger S. EricksonWilliam J. Faulkner, M.D.Mr. Robert FitzpatrickMs. Deborah S. FitzsimmonsMs. Helen FranzoneMs. Mex L. FratesMr. William GageMr. Albert W. GreenDeborah GrewellMs. Betty Jean GriswoldMs. Charlotte N. HaganMs. Roberta L. HamburgerMr. James J. HamiltonMr. Edgar HancockMr. and Mrs. John T. HannahMr. C.E. HannumMr. Benjamin F. HardinMr. Frank B. HargroveShannon HarperMs. Eleanor HarrisMr. Larry HatleyMr. Ronald E. HawesRev. and Mrs. J. Richard

HershbergerRalph B. Hester III, M.D.Mr. Glenn F. Hilts, Jr.Ms. Margaret R. HoltMs. Helen HowlMs. Claudia HuntingtonMs. Lana G. IvyMr. and Mrs. Eugene JacksonMr. Gene JacksonChristina Jameson McCurtainMr. William JohnstonMs. Mary Louise KhouryMs. Melissa J. KillmanKimray Inc.Larry KindtMr. and Mrs. Arthur L. LandtMr. Luther O. LauderdaleMr. Hugh E. LedbetterMr. Robert E. LeimbeckMr. and Mrs. Duke LigonMs. Mary K. LingreenMr. and Mrs. Ben F. Little

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. LukeJoNell LunowDr. and Mrs. Malcolm LuxenbergMr. Bill MackMs. Winona MadisonHamid Mahmood, M.D.Mr. Mitchell Maichak, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Leroy MarcumMr. James A. MarrMr. and Mrs. Jack T. MasseyKathy and Greg McCrackenMike McCurtain and Christina

Jameson McCurtainMr. Neil W. McElderry, Jr.Silvia McKevitt, M.D.Mrs. Gayla K. McKinneyMr. A.W. McMurphyMs. Phyllis McTiernanMs. Mary Ellen MeredithElnora G. Miller, M.D.Miss Minnie MillerMr. Ervin A. MindtMs. Minnie MitchellDr. and Mrs. John MulvihillMs. Patty MyersFaysal L. Nasr, M.D.Ms. Annelle NicholsMs. Wilma NicholsMrs. Evelyn OrthPamela R. Parrish, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Richard ParryDr. William ParryMs. Connie B. PeelLauren PendarvisJames and Alice PerryMrs. Mary E. PetricekMs. Anna Mae PinkstonMr. Bill PittsMr. and Mrs. Leon A. PivinskiMs. Mamie PoolMr. Paul A. PuttroffDr. and Mrs. Raju RajalaCarl and Nina RichardsonR. Randall Robinson, M.D.Mr. Eliahu E. RubowitzMr. and Mrs. Charles E. RutherfordRobert and Debi SampleMs. Marsha ScottMr. Eugene R. SewellJeffrey T. Shaver, M.D.Mr. C. Harold ShortMr. Edward SimmonsMs. Janice K. Sims

Jim SimsR. Emery and Mary Lee SmiserMr. and Mrs. Bradley J. SmithMr. and Mrs. Dan P. SmithRonald E. Smith, M.D.Mr. Neil StanfieldMr. Terry StradalMr. Ray D. StroudDr. and Mrs. Mark SullivanMr. Bennie SurrattMr. and Mrs. James E. SwansonMs. Patricia A. TaliaferroJames and Carolyn ThomasJeff and Larry TrachtenbergDr. and Mrs. Lucas TriglerMr. and Mrs. Walter L. TryonMr. Charles TurneyMs. Marie Thelma TynerMr. and Mrs. Jesse L. UrtonDr. and Mrs. Wallace VandeverMrs. Mary Rose VantreeMr. and Mrs. Samuel J. VeazeyMr. Matthew VenardMr. Lawrence WalshJean M. WarrenAllan and Barbara WassomDonald and Barbara WatersMs. Karen S. WeddleMr. and Mrs. David Lee WeeksLarry Weidner, M.D.Ms. Georgiana WhiteMr. and Mrs. Bernie WilliamsBruce and Connie WilliamsWillis Engineering ConsultantsDr. and Mrs. Richard WilsonMr. and Mrs. Edward A. WolfordLily Wong, Ph.D.Cynthia WorkEdie Wren

$1 – $9920-20 ClubAnonymousMs. Bonnie AdamsMs. Cheryl A. AdamsMr. and Mrs. Dick AdamsDelvin and Mary AebiDesera AkramMs. Sondra J. AllenValerie AllisonGuangyu An and Li KongSherry AndersonRay Archer

Ms. Hazel D. ArmstrongMs. Eleanor ArterburnDr. and Mrs. John AshMr. Roger AstleyMs. Rhonda AustinAlicia AvilaMs. Betty Jean BakerLeela D. BakerMs. Joy L. BaldwinMr. and Mrs. John BallardMs. Margie N. BallardMrs. Marilyn BalyeatAllegra BarkerMs. Sarah BarnesMr. and Mrs. Gary R. BartleyMs. Mary M. BartonMs. Dawn M. BartoshMs. Darlinda L. BaugusMr. Wilson H. BeardsleyMr. and Mrs. Eldon BeaversMs. Linda BellDenise BenneMr. and Mrs. John BentleyVanessa BergmanJanelle BermeaTeresa BerryFrank S. BiancoMs. Eula Mae BishopPatrick BishopMr. Peter F. BjorliePamela BlackMs. Laura A. BlishB.J. BluntMs. Theresa BoehnleinMs. Susan BoeversDrs. Charles P. and Amanda BogieTerri BondJeffrey A. Boomer, M.D.Linda BooneMr. and Mrs. Rick BramlettMr. Bart BrashearsMs. Mary BrawnerMs. Lorrie BrisonMs. Jennifer BrownMr. Zelbert BrownMr. Steven BrushMr. Jerry BuckminsterMr. and Mrs. M. Leon BurchAndrea BurlesonMr. and Mrs. Jesse BurpoMr. Russell D. BurrisMr. Richard T. BuswellMs. M. Maxine Butler

caPital caMPaiGn Donors cont.


donors

Amanda ButtJohn P. BuzbeeJames ByersMs. Samonia ByfordPatrice CalvinMs. Lori A. CanfieldMs. Tami CannonErin CareyKimberly CarrDaniel CarrelMs. Renate CarsonMr. Chester E. CarterMs. Karen S. CarterMs. Marinetta CarterMr. Alfonso CastellanosGlen CavanaughAnnie Chan, M.D.Ms. Doris Jane ChediakGene Chen, M.D.Ashish ChintakuntlawarTerri ChronisterMs. Tracie ChurchMs. Amy J. ChurchillMr. and Mrs. Scott M. CircleBertha ClarkMs. Beverly ClarkMr. Derek ClarkMs. Melissa D. ClaytonLisa ClouseMs. Brianna CoffeeApril CokerMs. Julie D. ColePatricia ColeyMr. Michael CollinsJessica CombsMr. and Mrs. Bill ComstockMs. Irene P. ConklingMs. Daisy ConstantinoMs. Connie CookSandra CooperShanon CooverDon and Virginia CopelandMr. and Mrs. Chester CowenElaina Cozad-TorresMs. Gladys CraigLiz CraigMr. Orest CraigLacy CranfordRobin CrawfordStacy CrichtonMs. Shelley R. CritchfieldMs. Arabelle CrowderMr. James L. Crown

Paul and Joyce CulwellMs. Linda CummingsMr. and Mrs. Michael T. CurranWillow CurtisEdna Daniel, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Billy DanielsMs. Mary E. DanielsMr. Michael DanielsMs. Nana DankwaMs. Katie Mae DarlingMs. Jessica E. DavillaMs. Cherie K. DavisLee DavisLori DavisAmanda DawsonMuriel DawsonNancy De CordovaMs. Karen DeanMs. Stacy DeatonSusan DementMs. Julia DiceMr. George DickeyMr. Robert DimickMs. Marilyn DowellHaylee DrakeJohn W. Drake, M.D.Mr. J.C. DrennanVanessa DrummondE. Michelle DryeNancy DuarteMr. J.B. DufranMr. and Mrs. Norman P. DuncanJennifer EdwardsMr. Warren EdwardsMichael H. Elliott, Ph.D.Mary ElstonMr. and Mrs. Harvey ElyKendal ElzyEugene Eng, M.D.Crystal EricksonMs. Rhonda EscamillaMyrna S. EspinosaMs. Natalie EssaryRobert Evans, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Milton EvensonAlbert and Nona EvittsMs. Renee A. FabianMs. Lucille R. FanceyMs. Wanda K. FisherMs. Tiffany FitzsimmonsMr. and Mrs. Daniel P. FoltzMs. Zelda FordMr. and Mrs. Edward Forrester

Ms. Anita R. FosterMs. Lissa M. FosterDr. and Mrs. Morris FosterAnnjie FowlerMs. Mary J. FoxAshley FraserBrandi FrittsJoshua Fullmer, M.D.Mrs. John Gaberino, Sr.Steve GallowayMs. Cyndi GandyKathrene GanoDrs. Dana M. and Lance GarberMr. and Mrs. Robert GarbrechtBeulah GarciaMr. Tony M. GarciaMs. Connie GarrickMichelle GarrisonCynthia GayleMr. and Mrs. James GilbertMisty GillMs. Josephine GimmelliD.A. and Jo GivensDr. and Mrs. Neil M. GlassMs. Elizabeth A. GlatharMs. Marsha GlazierMs. Mandie GleasonMrs. Nicole GlennMs. Stacie R. GloverMr. and Mrs. Arlie GoforthMs. Mary GoliwasRoseanne GoliwasJoanne GonzalezMs. Janice GordonKristi GradyAshley GrahamCrystal T. GrahamMrs. Evelyn N. GrantMr. Peter J. GrantMs. Chelsea GravesMr. and Mrs. Kenneth Griffin, Jr.Scott Guess, M.D.Ms. Leanne H. GuinnDarin R. Haivala, M.D.Ms. Ruth HallMrs. Holly HamiltonMr. Robert O. HanefieldMs. Erica HardridgeMr. and Mrs. Merle HardwickMs. Annie HarjoMs. Sue HarringtonAmy HarrisMs. Cheryl L. Harris

Jesse HartMr. and Mrs. Harold HartleyBen Harvey, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. HarveyMr. Louie A. HattenstyMr. and Mrs. Gary HaytonLena HearrellMr. and Mrs. Carl HeldMr. and Mrs. Andrew M. HendersonMonica HenryRikkilyn HibbardMs. Leilani HibdonMr. and Mrs. James A. HicksMs. Brenda HillNeil and Patricia HillMs. Marie R. HodgesMs. Jennifer E. HolbirdR. Gaylene HollandMs. Lois HolmboeShelley HoltBill and Sue HoodMs. Esther HowardGail and Dick HowardMr. Samuel HowardZhong Huang and Lin LiuMs. Denise HuddlestonMr. Brown R. HudsonMs. Martha Patton HudsonCindy HuffinesMs. Joan HumphreyMs. Nita HumphreysJonathan HuntMr. Thomas Hutchins, Jr.Mrs. Melanie J. HykesMs. Mary M. IveyLani JackFranklin and Myrtle JacksonLyric JacksonMs. Sheryl A. JacksonMr. Stephen JacksonMs. Wilma L. JacksonMs. Loretta M. JessephAnji JettJacquelyn Jetton, M.D.Ben and Shirley JohnsonSharon JohnsonWilla JohnsonMs. G.G. JonesMr. Howard S. JonesDiana JordanAnne Kasus-Jacobi, Ph.D.Julie KaufmanMs. Dina Kelly


Ms. Mildred Marie KeltyMs. Sharron KennonGregory Kiblinger, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Dennis KidderMs. Snow Tuyet KieuMs. Oneta O. KimbrelMs. Keema L. KinchenMary KingMr. William T. KinnisonMs. Natalie KintnerMr. and Mrs. William KleinmannCassandra KnoxMs. Kasey KolbLi KongMrs. Dorothy KrakerFreda KretchmarMs. Theresa J. KuhlmanMs. Helon LaGreeGlenda LacyDee J. LafonNancy A. Lambert, B.C.O.Donna LancasterMelissa LandesSue LauderdaleHampton LawterDr. Yun Le and Mei Li ZhuMrs. Dana LeachMr. and Mrs. Charles W. LearC. Wayne and Jana S. LeslieMs. Zena LevineCaprina LewisGuiyuan and Chao LiJerry LichtenbergMs. Letha LiebMr. James LightfootMrs. F.A. LinkMs. Carolyn LittleLin LiuLeslie LoebachMs. Joan G. LoganMr. Gordon LongMr. Hal LooneySabine LoweMs. Kerri L. LunaNicole LungKeven LunsfordMr. Stephen R. LynchMs. Wendy MadewellMs. M. Jennifer MannasMr. Don A. MartinMs. Sharon MartinWanda MartinRussell and Barbara Mathis

Ms. Dorothy MatthewsKimberly MaxfieldMs. Barbara Bradford MayoMr. and Mrs. Bob McCartMrs. Catherine McCaslinMr. Mark McClellanBarbara McClennonMs. Charlen McCoyWade Thomas McCoy, M.D.Carrie McCubbinPam McDermottMarion and Linda McFaddenSylvia McGheeMr. and Mrs. Delbert McGuireCarolyn McKeeMrs. Sherry McKibbonMs. Heather McQuaryCarol MedlingerKellie MeiwesMr. and Mrs. Arthur MeltonMs. Karen MerkeyMrs. E.L. MerlinMuriel MerlinChristina MeyersMs. Diane MillerMs. Rosie MillerMr. and Mrs. Elton MillsMs. Lavera MillsMs. Phillis A. MinyardChyene MitchellCheryl Moore, CPAMelissa MooreMs. Shirley A. MooreViveca MooreMs. Karen MorganMs. Stacy MorinJanelle MorlockMs. Ashlee D. MorrisSuzanne MorrisMs. Martha P. MullallyMs. Mary MurrayBrett MussyalMr. and Mrs. George MyersNicole NaugleSherry NayfaMs. Darlene NewellCrystal NicholsMs. Kathy NicholsMs. Lynda L. NolenJimmy NorthripNorthwest Lions ClubBo NovasadMs. Sherrie O’Steen

Ashley OakKaren Ochoa-LopezMs. Lisa M. OgilbeeMr. Charles OgnibeneMs. Linda OllerMs. Alissa OrrMs. Carl Owen, Jr.Ms. Tamara OwensClayton and Sharron PalmerRhonda ParksSean Paul, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Don L. PayneMs. Beverly PedersenVallery Penny-KratzBrenda S. PeoplesMrs. Elaine M. PerkinsMs. Judy Renea PetermanCristal PharesBlake K. PikeMr. Roy W. PillingMr. and Mrs. Jack PittengerMs. Bonita PlunkMr. and Mrs. Scott PriceMs. Beverly QuamTracie QuineMs. Raniyah RamadanGeraldine RangelLaura RansomMs. Terri RawlingsMs. Linda RayMs. Bonnie R. RaymondMs. Lena E. ReddenMarvin and Linda ResnickMs. Ardith ReynoldsKaran RhodesMs. Phyllis L. RhodesMr. Ashel RichardsonMr. and. Mrs R.D. RichardsonMs. Trenda A. RichardsonMr. William R. RichmondMs. Robin RileyMs. Vicki RippetoMs. Amber RobertsMs. Emilee RobertsI. Leanne RobertsTrevor RobertsonMonique RobinsonMr. Orie RobisonMs. Dianne M. RodriguezMs. Whitney G. RollingsCol. Frank L. Rose, Jr.Barbara RossMs. Brittany Ross

Ms. Carol RossMs. Connie RossSherry RossMs. Kelly RussellMs. Jane S. SabinMohammad SadeghiMr. Hassan SaeemodaraeMr. John L. SandersMs. Misty SandersBelinda SaulBillie SchafflerJudy A. SchatzLynne SchoorsMs. Charlotte SchroederMr. R.D. SchuermannMr. and Mrs. Dennis SchultzTracy ScottRoberta Scott-HamiltonAutumn ScovelFelipe SepulvedaMr. Steven SezateTanner ShaferMr. Joseph R. ShaverMs. Ronda L. ShellShevaun Williams & AssociatesMs. Shirley R. SimesJanelle SimmonsMr. and Mrs. Myron SimonsLavonda SimpsonMs. Shemika SimpsonTeresa SimpsonPaulette SimsMr. Stanley SlaterToya SlaughterMs. Amy L. SmithMs. Brenda SmithMs. Cleopatra SmithMr. and Mrs. Earl SmithMrs. Eva SmithMs. Langria SmithPatty SmithMs. Shelia SmithAnn and Kenneth SpenceDana SpenderMs. Eunice SpillerMr. and Mrs. Fred SpitzBeverly SplawnJill SrnkaMs. Dawnalee StacyMr. and Mrs. Archie StarksJohn Stechschulte, M.D.Amanda SteeleMs. Elnora Stejskal

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donors

D.M. StevensMs. Doris StevensLesley StewartMary StiebensKaci StinnettMr. and Mrs. Omer StorckMs. Sonya StrangMs. Rebecca A. SuggsDonna SullinsChauncina SuttonMichelle SwearenginMr. F.M. TarpleyCrystal TavangarMr. and Mrs. Jason TaylorMr. and Mrs. Randy TaylorMr. and Mrs. Dwaine TebowMr. Kenneth Noel TerrellMelissa TheriotDebra ThomasMs. Sandra ThomasMs. Reba F. ThompsonJessi TimmonsCourtney TiptonMs. Alice M. TroySandra TuckerBrandi TurnerLesa TurnerTeresa TylerMr. Mark A. WadsworthMs. Carla WaggonerMs. Judith WagonerMs. LaDonna F. WalkerBilli Wallace, M.D.Ms. Melissa WallaceElizabeth Waller, M.D.Ms. Kathryn D. WaltonMr. Dean WarkentinLavonda WarnemuendeMs. Eva Delores WatleyDrs. Deana S. and Jeffrey WattsMs. Deven S. WeberLori WhetstineMr. and Mrs. James U. White, Jr.Kammerin WhiteMs. Loree WhiteMr. and Mrs. T.D. WhiteMr. and Mrs. Milo WhiteheadHolly WhitesideMs. Johnesha WhitesideJodee WhitlockMr. and Mrs. S. Mark WhittemoreTina WhittingtonMs. Mary Jeanie Wickens

Louisa WilliamsMr. Ralph WilliamsMs. Jewel WillisMs. Glory WineMr. Peter WinnMs. Erica WiskurMr. and Mrs. Ted WolfeWomen of the Moose, Enid ChapterLaTonnia WoodsMs. Patricia A. WoodsElisabeth WoodyLinda WorthamMs. Sheryl WrightPatrizia Yale-SadberryTammy L. Yanovitch, M.D., M.H.Sc.Ms. Pearl YoungMisty YoungbergMr. Robert YuyuenyongwatanaMr. and Mrs. Kenneth ZableLixin ZhengWei ZhengXiaohong Zhou

Acers society

Mrs. Jackie AcersSterling S. Baker, M.D.Ray M. Balyeat, M.D.Donald E. Beahm, M.D.David A. Bernitsky, M.D.Charles P. Bogie III, M.D., Ph.D.D. Randolph Brown, M.D.Robert H. Bullington, Jr., M.D.William S. Clifford, M.D.Sam S. Dahr, M.D.James L. Dunagin, M.D.Bradley K. Farris, M.D.Stephen R. Fransen, M.D.Luther L. Fry, M.D.John M. Garber, O.D.Robert D. Gourley, M.D.Scott M. Guess, M.D.Jean R. Hausheer, M.D., F.A.C.S.John J. Herlihy, M.D.P. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D.Rick D. Isernhagen, M.D.David W. Jackson, M.D.Mrs. Alison Acers JettonMahmoud A. Khaimi, M.D.

Robert T. Lee, M.D.James H. Little, M.D.Steven M. Montgomery, M.D.Annie Moreau, M.D.W. Stanley Muenzler, M.D.David W. Parke II, M.D.Anil D. Patel, M.D.John A. Robinson, M.D.Nelson R. Sabates, M.D.Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr., M.D.Lee E. Schoeffler, M.D.David L. Schwartz, M.D.Mark H. Scott, M.D.Scott C. Sigler, M.D.Gregory L. Skuta, M.D.Michael L. Soper, M.D.Donald U. Stone, M.D.Scot A. Sullivan, M.D.Ann Acers Warn, M.D.Deana S. Watts, M.D.James B. Wise, M.D.Tammy L. Yanovitch, M.D., M.H.Sc.David E. Zuech, M.D.

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Acers Society Lifetime Members


$100,000 +Mark A. Coyle Estate

$50,000 - $99,999Loris and Pauline Keen Charitable

TrustMrs. Gladys T. Stuard

$10,000 - $49,999Dr. and Mrs. Bradley K. FarrisScott M. Guess, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Paul HeafyMs. Jayne HopsonDr. and Mrs. Mahmoud A. KhaimiDr. and Mrs. Anil D. PatelMr. and Mrs. David E. RainboltDr. Gregory and Anne SkutaMrs. Mary Lou StarkDr. and Mrs. Donald U. StoneMaxine and Jack Zarrow Family

Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999Jimmie and Marie Austin

FoundationDonald E. Beahm, M.D.Crombie Revocable Trust

$1,000 - $4,999Mrs. Jackie AcersAmerican Academy of Optometry -

Oklahoma Chapter

Dr. and Mrs. Ray M. BalyeatDavid Bernitsky, M.D.Drs. Charles P. and Amanda BogieRobert H. Bullington, Jr., M.D.John G. Clarkson, M.D.Dr. William S. CliffordJames L. Dunagin, Jr., M.D.Ernest E. Fellers TrustLuther L. Fry, M.D.John M. Garber, O.D.Erin Glasgow, M.D.Robert D. Gourley, M.D.John J. Herlihy, M.D.Independent Charities of AmericaRick D. Isernhagen, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Jim JettonRobert T. Lee, M.D.Steven N. Montgomery, M.D.W. Stanley Muenzler, M.D.Scott A. Murphy, M.D.Drs. David and Julie ParkeTamim Qaum, M.D.John A. Robinson, M.D.Lee E. Schoeffler, M.D.David L. Schwartz, M.D.Drs. Mark and Denise ScottDrs. R. Michael and Rhea

SiatkowskiMr. Tom SlamansMichael L. Soper, M.D.Mr. Christopher SpeegleDr. and Mrs. Walter J. Stark, Jr.Scot A. Sullivan, M.D.

Drs. Brett and Ann A. WarnDrs. Deana S. and Jeffrey WattsDavid E. Zuech, M.D.

$500 - $999Lee Anderson, M.D.Drs. Reagan and Cynthia BradfordDenise R. Chamblee, M.D.James Chodosh, M.D., M.P.H.Daniel S. Conrad, M.D.Russell D. Crain, M.D., P.C.Steven Dewey, M.D.Ralph B. Hester III, M.D.Mr. Thomas J. HillMr. and Mrs. C. Alan HoughMr. and Mrs. Howard HeadJ.P. MorganJay C. Johnston, M.D.Ronald M. Kingsley, M.D.Oklahoma City Community

FoundationMr. John Orban IIIDrs. Ensa and Jonathan PillowMr. Paul E. RichardsonR. Randall Robinson, M.D.Ronald McDonald House Charities

of Oklahoma CityRonald McDonald House Charities,

Inc., Chicago, ILSteven R. Sarkisian, Jr., M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Dick SiasElizabeth Waller, M.D.Roland A. Walters, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. George WatkinsMs. Beverly WittrockThomas C. Wolf, M.D.Tammy L. Yanovitch, M.D., M.H.Sc.

$250 - $499Cimarex Energy Co.Dr. Richard A. ClaySam S. Dahr, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Brenton G. LakeAlan A. Norman, M.D. and Jodi

NormanVernon Parmley, M.D.Allyson Doiron Schmitt, M.D.SUNOCO, INC.Tessera Energy, LLC

$100 - $249Vimal BhallaMs. Diane K. BrownDr. and Mrs. Brian CeresaConocoPhillips CompanyRobert E. Cooper, O.D.Mr. and Mrs. Rod FratesMs. Doniece GlennDr. and Mrs. Eric S. GuglielmoDr. and Mrs. David GuytonHandymen R’ Us, Inc.Ben Harvey, M.D.Yvonne HilgenbergMr. and Mrs. Frank HillKevin A. Kerr, M.D.Mr. James B. Kite, Jr.

2011 annUal DonorsTHe CLiNiCAL FACuLTY, sCieNTisTs AND sTAFF of the Dean McGee Eye Institute gratefully acknowledge our annual donors listed below. The generosity of these donors allows us to continue our missions of patient care, vision

research, education and community outreach for the benefit of all Oklahomans. Every effort has been made to include all gifts and pledges from January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011 (excludes Capital Campaign donors).


donors

Lance Ruffel Oil and Gas Corp.Mr. Peter W.C. MatherPam McDermottDr. and Mrs. James F. McGinnisMr. David McKeeSilvia McKevitt, M.D.Annie Moreau, M.D.New Dominion, LLCScissorTail EnergySuperior Pipeline CompanyPaul Tlucek, M.D.Russell WhiteDr. and Mrs. C.P. Wilkinson

up to $99Gwen AllredMr. and Mrs. W.M. Durnil IICoffeyville ResourcesMr. and Mrs. John ComptonKristi CooperMs. Carolyn Pyle CreppsMr. and Mrs. Walter D. EggersExxon Mobil CorporationMarti FarringtonVirginia FultonJohn and Sue GabeMiriam and Maynard GreenbergDr. and Mrs. Wilmer HarmsMr. Arthur G. “Bill” HaysDorothy HaysJenna Jo HellackHigh Sierra Crude Oil & Marketing,

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campus collaborations lead to discoveries

THe DeAN MCGee eYe iNsTiTuTe’s ReseARCH DiReCTOR, Robert E. “Gene” Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., and biochemist Robert A. Floyd, Ph.D. at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) became friends over decades of meetings and talking shop about their respective work. Some of those talks centered on Floyd’s discovery in 1988 of a compound called PBN that appeared able to prevent injury to the brain following a stroke.

Although a national trial of a PBN derivative failed to warrant its use in strokes, the way the drug worked in the brain gave Anderson the idea that PBN just might succeed in the eye. Anderson reasoned, seemingly counter-intuitively, that because PBN inhibited an enzyme crucial to the eye’s ability to process light, it might also be able to prevent loss of sight and even reverse some existing forms of blindness by limiting the toxic by-products created in the process of sight.

A collaboration was born, with Floyd providing chemical variations of the drug, Anderson and

Nawajes Mandal, Ph.D. testing them at DMEI, and other vision scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, including Gennadiy Moiseyev, Ph.D. and Jian-Xing “Jay” Ma, M.D., Ph.D., discovering the crucial enzyme’s mechanism. Ma is a leading expert on diabetic retinopathy and chair of the Department of Physiology. Anderson’s lab is now determining the most effective way of delivering the drug to the eye.

“This campus really does function as a team,” said Gregory Skuta, M.D., president and

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chief executive officer of DMEI and chair of the OU College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. “I have never witnessed a place quite like Oklahoma with respect to how willing people are to help each other and move the entire organization forward for the good of the university and the community.”

Of course, not every collaboration involving Dean McGee scientists can come from a longstanding friendship. Instead, most bubble up from the research seminars and conferences

held on campus where inspiration is encouraged for later nurturing in collaborating laboratories.

“If you have common areas of interest and you bring together groups of highly skilled researchers with complementary effects on each other, you multiply the productivity and the quality of the ideas that people have by bouncing ideas off one another,” said physician-scientist Timothy J. Lyons, M.D., founding director of the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and a collaborator with DMEI investigators Anderson and Michael Elliott, Ph.D.

Pictured left to right (front row): Michael H. Elliott, Ph.D., Robert E. “Gene” Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., (back row): Gennadiy Moiseyev, Ph.D., Robert A. Floyd, Ph.D.


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Stephen M. Prescott, M.D., president of OMRF, agrees: “Most important research topics require input from individuals with a wide range of skill sets and highly specialized equipment. Scientists can learn more, faster, when we pool resources and draw on one another’s talents. If you add Dean McGee’s strength in clinical trials and vision research to OMRF’s expertise in the laboratory, we make a powerful team.”

“The partnership between the Dean McGee Eye Institute and both the OU Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is responsible for creating a true national Center of Excellence,” said OU President David L. Boren. “For example, without the university’s collaboration with the Institute, the progress which we are making in the area of diabetic retinopathy would have been impossible. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Skuta and the entire team for thoroughly embracing the spirit of collaboration.”

The monetary effect of the resulting collaborations is impressive. Almost one-fourth of the hard-to-get federal research dollars received on the OU Health Sciences Center campus alone, which includes DMEI and the Diabetes Center, are for vision research. In 2010, vision researchers held approximately 20 of the 80 research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health to OU Health Sciences Center scientists.

There also is an obvious practical side to collaborations as well. As Anderson points out, “Nobody in today’s world can be an expert at everything. We have to depend on people who do things we don’t do to collaborate with us and carry out their part of the experiment.”


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Some collaborations are based on the availability of certain pieces of sophisticated equipment, Anderson added. For example, OMRF has an Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center under the direction of Rheal Towner, Ph.D., who collaborates with Lyons and Elliott by making precise measurements of blood flow in mice models.

By the same token, “working with Dean McGee has enabled us to do work we couldn’t otherwise have done,” Lyons said. An example is sophisticated equipment at DMEI that detects electrical activity in the retina after it’s exposed to a flash of light, and provides scientists with a functional measurement of how well the retina is working in terms of processing light information.

Noting that the sharing of equipment, techniques and skills “cuts both ways” between collaborators, Lyons cited his own practice of providing isolated human lipoproteins to DMEI researchers for use in their studies of diabetic retinopathy.

Lyons said the level of collaboration is unusually high on this campus, an observation echoed by DMEI investigator Elliott, who said he immediately noticed the collegiality among investigators from various academic departments and institutes when he came from Kansas for his postdoctoral vision studies into the causes of eye disease. Of significant benefit to Elliott’s work has been the collaboration with Towner at OMRF and Towner’s special MRI.

Access to high-tech equipment is also important to DMEI researcher James McGinnis, Ph.D., who has

discovered that when cerium oxide nanoparticles are placed in the eye, they destroy toxic molecules that cause vision loss when overproduced. At only 3 to 5 nanometers in diameter, McGinnis’ particles are about 1/20,000th the width of a human hair. Collaborator David Sherry, Ph.D., a researcher in OU’s Department of Cell Biology,

uses an ion transmission electron microscope on the Norman campus to discover where in the eye these tiny particles park themselves.

McGinnis also collaborated closer to home with DMEI ophthalmologist P. Lloyd Hildebrand, M.D. in establishing a company called Nantiox at the Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park. Nantiox will market the broad-spectrum anti-oxidant McGinnis has discovered if clinical trials prove its effectiveness in humans. Such human clinical applications represent our ultimate goal.

Timothy J. Lyons, M.D., and Jian-Xing “Jay” Ma, M.D., Ph.D., in Dr. Ma’s laboratory on the OU Health Sciences Center campus.

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alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

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inside this issue:dr. Siatkowski receives regents’ Award p.7

dmei’s international reach in China and Africa p.16

Collaborations lead to discoveries p.28

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